Béla Fleck

©Béla Fleck/LEGACY
Born: Jul 10, 1958 in New York, NY
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Genre: Country, Jazz
Styles: New Acoustic, Fusion, Post-Bop, Progressive Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass
Biography: Premier banjo player Béla Fleck is considered one of the most innovative pickers in the world and has done much to demonstrate the versatility of his instrument, which he uses to play everything from traditional bluegrass to progressive jazz. He was named after composer Béla Bartok and was born in New ...Read full biography
Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sesssions
On this third chapter in Béla Fleck's intermittent Tales from the Acoustic Planet series (that began in 1994 when he was with Warner Brothers), Throw Down Your Heart is actually a soundtrack for a film ...Read full review
Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
Released: 1991
Label: Warner Bros.
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The Flecktones owe more to bebop than bluegrass, and here the group finally names their style "blu-bop." That's why Flight of the Cosmic Hippo topped the jazz, not the country, chart. The Flecktones continue ...Read full review
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